DIFFUSIBLE
\dɪfjˈuːzəbə͡l], \dɪfjˈuːzəbəl], \d_ɪ_f_j_ˈuː_z_ə_b_əl]\
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By James Champlin Fernald
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(stimulants) from diffundere, (dis, and fundere, fusum, 'to pour,') 'to pour apart or abroad.' Those stimulating medicines are so called, which augment the action of the vascular and nervous systems in an acute but transitory manner.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
Word of the day
Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.